Haute Cuisine at BVLGARI: La Cucina di Luca Fantin

Assouline’s first ever book on cuisine, BVLGARI: La Cucina di Luca Fantin, is a beautiful volume featuring 32 of Executive Chef’s standout recipes, along with the inspiration behind each dish—with each recipe beautifully rendered in exquisite original photography. La Cucina di Luca Fantin is a sophisticated coffee-table book about the cuisine of the eponymous chef … Read more

Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto: Authentic cultural encounters in Japan’s ancient capital

Kyoto is one of the world’s most alluring cities, but she can be shy in revealing her secrets. The Japanese city of Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital, is both pretty as a picture and mysterious, spectacular and inspiring. Here, a newly-unveiled FOUR SEASONS HOTEL KYOTO will unlock the hidden secrets of Japan’s ancient imperial capital. Here, … Read more

IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Date-Month Edition 75th Anniversary

The mechanically programmed perpetual calendar requires just one adjustment every 100 years. Highlights: self-winding, 68-hour power reserve, perpetual calendar, large double-digit displays for the date and month, diameter 45mm. The digital perpetual calendar is one of the magnificent technological advances made by the Schaffhausen-based watchmaking company. This exclusive timepiece brings together all of IWC’s watch … Read more

Gliding through the beautiful French countryside aboard Belmond’s new luxury barges

Belmond launches two new luxury barges in France in 2017 via Belmond Afloat in France. Launching in 2017, Belmond Pivoine and Belmond Lilas explore the regions of Champagne and Alsace. Two new luxury boats are joining the fleet of Belmond Afloat in France’s luxury barges. Family-owned vineyards and French Châteaux are included in the new itineraries … Read more

The OFM 50: what we love about the world of food in 2016

From Heston Blumenthal’s sweet shop to the policeman turned pie-maker, here (in no particular order) are 50 of Observer Food Monthly’s favourite things

40 of the world’s best cruise holidays

Cruises are no longer the preserve of affluent pensioners. Now there’s yoga, goth bands, wildlife watching, Star Wars parties and zombies – although not all on the same boat